I can and do expect that I will not have the terms of service changed on me after they have been agreed to by both myself and the other party.
Credit card companies are just as sleazy. The other day, i got a notice from my credit card company that, as of next month, they WILL change my interest rate on my current balance to 17.99 % plus Current Prime Rate (that puts it in the neighborhood of 24% APR), UNLESS I inform them in writing that I do not accept the change of terms.
What? I agree to a contract by doing nothing? How can that be legal? I suppose my original credit card agreement had a clause that allows them to do that.
Furthermore, the new agreement states that by actually using my credit card for a purchase, I'm bound to the new agreement, regardless of whether I declined in writing. That's suspiciously like clicking through an EULA. I don't normally consider use of a credit card to be binding on anything except my promise to pay the bill. Now they're saying my use of the credit card binds me to new terms and conditions for the use of the credit card...
Needless to say, I transferred the balance to a different account, with 0% interest rate until the Fall of 2004....
There is nothing wrong with putting more locks on your house.
Are we talking DRM and copyright here?
Digital Restriction Mechanisms provide a techological copy protection scheme, but prevent fair-use access to such protected Intellectual properties.
Inasmuch as Copyright is a deal between the Government and the owner of an IP, in that the owner gets legal copy protection of the IP in exchange for the public's fair-use access to the IP, Congress ought to immediately enact on or more of the following remedies:
1) Revoke Copyright on any DRM protected IP because the owner of the IP has reneged on his end of the deal to allow fair-use access to the IP, and
2) since Congress has made it a crime to bypass DRM protections to obtain fair-use access to such works of IP, Congress should amend the DMCA to make it a crime to use DRM to protect copyrighted IP.
Well, if you stand outside their house with a radio scanner and listen to their cordless phone conversations, it *is* illegal. Same for listening to analog cellphone transmissions. Privacy by fiat, not security.
Sure, just a little bit of lobbying the congresscreatures will make it apply to WiFi too.....
I guess that refutes the assertion that the size of the compressed data plus the size of the decompressor is always larger than the size of the uncompressed data.....
Two negatives make a positive, but two positives don't make a negative.
...and MicrosoftSucks.com is for Bill Gates' vacuum cleaner division. Ironically, if Microsoft *did* make vacuum cleaners, it'd be their only product that didn't suck!
I say we have a double-elimination system!
No party primaries!
If there are, say, 32 candidates (it works best with a power of 2) interested in running, then let there be 16 2-candidate races. Everybody gets to vote in all 16 races. The winners progress to the next round of races. The losers get a second chance in the "losers' bracket" races. No candidate is out of the running until he has lost twice.
Just like the Pinewood Derby races you remember as a cub scout!
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On another note, Who the heck are these people wasting money posting "Just Vote" signs all over my neighborhood?
Just Vote? Are you crazy?
If you are unable or unwilling to be acquanted with the issues, or if you just don't feel like voting, then Just DON'T Vote!
Who are the idiots that think everybody ought to "Just Vote?" What do they think we gain from such arbitrariness?
Actually, the sound is still encrypted AS IT COMES OUT OF THE SPEAKER! You will need a aural implant to grok it. Furthermore, each copy of the music is encoded with a particular code unique to each individual implant to protect against unauthorized listening. You will have to give your code when you order the music.
Once you receive the music, you will have 24 hours to listen to it. After that period, you will have to pay an additional $5 per listening session, to have them enable the thingy in your brain via remote radio signal.....
> Modern rails are welded together, but cast in such a way that heat expansion occurs orthogonally instead of along the direction of the rail. That's because the rails are constrained by the spikes on each side. The rail can try to expand lengthwise, but can't, and won't buckle either, because of the ample number of spikes. Also, the rails are used for a variety of electrical circuits, from block signaling, to grade-crossing approach detection. Thus, there are plenty of insulated joints along the tracks to separate circuits. So, signals won't get very far on a railroad track. Radio signals can go a lot further through the air than through a piece of steel, anyway, so forget about using the rails as a big antenna for your wireless needs... I doubt that very many railroads are using the rails as a "waveguide" at this point. -n6kuy
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I can and do expect that I will not have the terms of service changed on me after they have been agreed to by both myself and the other party.
Credit card companies are just as sleazy. The other day, i got a notice from my credit card company that, as of next month, they WILL change my interest rate on my current balance to 17.99 % plus Current Prime Rate (that puts it in the neighborhood of 24% APR), UNLESS I inform them in writing that I do not accept the change of terms.
What? I agree to a contract by doing nothing? How can that be legal? I suppose my original credit card agreement had a clause that allows them to do that.
Furthermore, the new agreement states that by actually using my credit card for a purchase, I'm bound to the new agreement, regardless of whether I declined in writing. That's suspiciously like clicking through an EULA. I don't normally consider use of a credit card to be binding on anything except my promise to pay the bill. Now they're saying my use of the credit card binds me to new terms and conditions for the use of the credit card...
Needless to say, I transferred the balance to a different account, with 0% interest rate until the Fall of 2004....
I can't believe no one has mentioned Lotus Notes yet!
What a piece of overbloated cruft!
ANY work that claims copyright should be exempt from the DMCA.
After all, copyright is granted in exchange for the public's fair-use access to the copyrighted material.
DRM prevents that.
In fact, it ought to be illegal to put DRM on any work that claims copyright....yadda yadda.
Are we talking DRM and copyright here?
Digital Restriction Mechanisms provide a techological copy protection scheme, but prevent fair-use access to such protected Intellectual properties.
Inasmuch as Copyright is a deal between the Government and the owner of an IP, in that the owner gets legal copy protection of the IP in exchange for the public's fair-use access to the IP, Congress ought to immediately enact on or more of the following remedies:
1) Revoke Copyright on any DRM protected IP because the owner of the IP has reneged on his end of the deal to allow fair-use access to the IP, and
2) since Congress has made it a crime to bypass DRM protections to obtain fair-use access to such works of IP, Congress should amend the DMCA to make it a crime to use DRM to protect copyrighted IP.
Write your Congresscreep now!
Well, if you stand outside their house with a radio scanner and listen to their cordless phone conversations, it *is* illegal. Same for listening to analog cellphone transmissions. Privacy by fiat, not security.
Sure, just a little bit of lobbying the congresscreatures will make it apply to WiFi too.....
Rights are something you have regardless of whether someone wants to take them away. You don't "manage" rights (unless you're God, maybe).
If they can be managed, they're not rights, only privileges.
Digital Restriction Mechanism -- Yes, that's it.
That's interesting.
This company is developing a way to send the power the other direction!
I guess that refutes the assertion that the size of the compressed data plus the size of the decompressor is always larger than the size of the uncompressed data.....
Two negatives make a positive, but two positives don't make a negative.
Two negatives make a positive, but two positives don't make a negative.
... to Domain Discover
They're a little cheaper, and have a great web-based signup form. It was really simple to do the transfer.
Two negatives make a positive, but two positives don't make a negative.
The hippie down on the corner has been telling us so for years..
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...and MicrosoftSucks.com is for Bill Gates' vacuum cleaner division. Ironically, if Microsoft *did* make vacuum cleaners, it'd be their only product that didn't suck!
... maybe...
I say we have a double-elimination system! No party primaries! If there are, say, 32 candidates (it works best with a power of 2) interested in running, then let there be 16 2-candidate races. Everybody gets to vote in all 16 races. The winners progress to the next round of races. The losers get a second chance in the "losers' bracket" races. No candidate is out of the running until he has lost twice. Just like the Pinewood Derby races you remember as a cub scout! ------- On another note, Who the heck are these people wasting money posting "Just Vote" signs all over my neighborhood? Just Vote? Are you crazy? If you are unable or unwilling to be acquanted with the issues, or if you just don't feel like voting, then Just DON'T Vote! Who are the idiots that think everybody ought to "Just Vote?" What do they think we gain from such arbitrariness?
Actually, the sound is still encrypted AS IT COMES OUT OF THE SPEAKER! You will need a aural implant to grok it. Furthermore, each copy of the music is encoded with a particular code unique to each individual implant to protect against unauthorized listening. You will have to give your code when you order the music. Once you receive the music, you will have 24 hours to listen to it. After that period, you will have to pay an additional $5 per listening session, to have them enable the thingy in your brain via remote radio signal.....
> They have. See AlterNIC. ... and NAME.SPACE
> Modern rails are welded together, but cast in such a way that heat expansion occurs orthogonally instead of along the direction of the rail. That's because the rails are constrained by the spikes on each side. The rail can try to expand lengthwise, but can't, and won't buckle either, because of the ample number of spikes. Also, the rails are used for a variety of electrical circuits, from block signaling, to grade-crossing approach detection. Thus, there are plenty of insulated joints along the tracks to separate circuits. So, signals won't get very far on a railroad track. Radio signals can go a lot further through the air than through a piece of steel, anyway, so forget about using the rails as a big antenna for your wireless needs... I doubt that very many railroads are using the rails as a "waveguide" at this point. -n6kuy